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University Students’ Attitudes Towards EFL: A Case From the South of Chile

Author(s) -

Eric Gómez Burgos,

Soledad Sandoval Molina

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

profile issues in teachers professional development

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.351

H-Index - 4

eISSN - 2256-5760

pISSN - 1657-0790

DOI - 10.15446/profile.v22n1.75401

Subject(s) - latin americans , foreign language , psychology , positive attitude , english as a foreign language , mathematics education , plan (archaeology) , pedagogy , english language , medical education , political science , social psychology , medicine , geography , archaeology , law

Attitude towards English as a foreign language is a new field of study in tertiary education in Latin-American countries, especially in Chile. However, its importance in the process of learning a language has been reported upon around the world. The aim of the current study was to identify the attitudes towards English as a foreign language of 131 university students from different educational institutions in Chile; the students’ programs included English courses as part of their study plan. The three components of attitude were analyzed by means of the participants’ replies to the statements of a questionnaire. Results gave evidence that university students hold a positive attitude towards English as a foreign language; nonetheless, the behavioral aspect of attitude obtained the lowest average of agreement among the respondents.

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